The British World - The Stuarts 1603-1714 #jamesi ‘Money and Patronage, Failure and Favoritism’ 1) The Wisest Fool. James I is portrayed as an idealized king in this painting by 19th-century artist John Whitehead Walton, but his failings of character and a lack of political skill in the latter part of his reign antagonized #parliament and undermined the achievements of his predecessor, #elizabethi . A contemporary painted a different physical picture of the king: “His eyes were ever rolling . . . his beard very thin . . . his tongue too large for his mouth,” and his legs “scarcely strong enough to carry his body.” #tudorengland #stuartengland #englishhistory #theroyallines #worldhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbg-lCLEWM/?igshid=13a85667z79vd
